CONFRONTATION

The day has arrived, and at last, the cutest love birds, Riya and Rachael are getting married. I am completely happy for them, somewhere I am feeling so satisfied that my best friend is going to enter a new phase of life. From the day I received their marriage card we have been very excitedly waiting for this day. Their parents acted as though their kids were the first ones on Earth to get married. They spent a hell lot of money at every opportunity, the food, decorations, and all seemed to be very costly and decorated nicely. The wedding rituals and functions taken were very classy and expensive.

I walk straight to the wedding couple who were free and waiting for the day to start. I congratulated them and took a good picture with them while they were free I am sure after a while I will not be able to find them free to click pictures with me because I will never stop with a single snap.

"You guys are getting married. Yippee", I said hugging Riya.

"I know right, Megha come with me for a minute", Riya replied and then we walked to the corner of the room. I could clearly see that she was nervous because she was continuously fidgeting her fingers.

"It is normal to be nervous, don't worry", I said her

"You know me well. I am just worried will everything stay the same after marriage or our love will fade away"

"Don't use your small brain so much, idiot. Everything will remain the same look Abhishek and I are the same even after marriage right. Where is Riya the philosopher who gave me advice on my wedding day?"

"I understand now why were you that nervous on that day"

"Everything is gotta be fine"

"Thank you dude", Riya replied

"You guys look adorable"

"Thank you"

"Hmm"

"So where is your husband?"

"He is at the entrance"

After some time the function had finally started. I stood on the stage which was pleasantly decorated with colorful flowers. An elegant chair was placed on it for the couple to sit and for the photographers to do their work. The setup was just like any other wedding and it was flawless for my eyes, but still, there were people in the hall who were finding out mistakes in everything there. The same BGM kept on playing, and I had memorized it so well that I could hum it along very well. After somewhat 20 minutes, the DJ who had kept the same BGM on repeat switched to evergreen romantic Hindi songs and announced that the bride was ready to enter. Everyone fixed their sight on the main gate and so was mine. I was waiting to get a glimpse of the beautiful bride who's going to be the center of attention today. I observed Rachael looking at the entrance waiting for Riya to enter, he was literally not blinking and I presumed that his heart was beating faster. He has always been head over heels for her and I don't understand why does she feel that their love would fade away. Suddenly, a video started projecting on the big screen. Everyone's eyes now turned towards the screen to watch the live video which broadcasted the close-up of the bride entering the hall. The cameraman captured the video of the bride from the feet and slowly moved up. The quality of the video was outstanding, and so was my friend who looked dazzling and was glowing in her red and gold saree and walking in the middle of the crowd, I spot Abhishek in that crowd and my eyes now got fixed on him without even minding about the beautiful bride walking next to him.

There was something wrong with Abhishek, I couldn't find out the reason behind it. I tried speaking to him a couple of times, but it was challenging because he was avoiding me continuously. Coming back to the wedding, it was no different. As the dinner got over the crowd reduced. It was time for the mantras, Abhishek and I accompanied them as we were like family to them, but even at this time, Abhishek stood a little far from me. Later, the pandit started to chant mantras, I saw Abhishek, I could find that he is upset with me for some reason, and dad was sitting there sleepily. There was no one who was seeing me so I walked toward Abhishek.

"Hello, Abhi", I whispered in his ears

"What?", he asked me furiously and gave me a look which I couldn't decode

"Can we talk"

"Sure, tell"

"Can we go that side"

"Okay come", he says and we walk to a corner